Show TO THE COUNTI WILL BUILD THE ROM ROAD A petition to that effect granted yesterday it will cost in the neighborhood of county money deo Q cannon urges the petition A small coterie of gentlemen Genth men from the county fought the proposition but buto the overpowering influence of the many signers ners frim fram oden ogden city could rot not be counteracted A protest filed against the paying out of county money on the new now road rord A lively discussion on the Matter Bidwell and cragun cragan of pleasant view led the opposition f the board ot of county commissioners by unanimous vote grante I 1 a petit petition ioL yesterday to change the road in ogden canyon without expense or delay tu to the pioneer electric power company in the construction of th tin 3 prop I 1 id A dam the petition does not state in domany words that the county will construct the new road made necessary by the inundation of the old one it simply ael aela a that the old road be changed the construction put upon it however is that the county shall bear the expense ol 01 building the new road which is estimated at various bums from to the granting of the petition was not with without an array ol 01 determined gentlemen from the county appeared in sop op position they were ld led by joseph bidwell and W G cragun of pleasant view and william geddes ot of plain city in behalf of the petition president ge geo 0 Q Cannon Manager F J cannon and L W shurtliff appeared about thirty citizens were present and when com mis boner wade announced that the honorable county court would hear arzu menta meats pro and con the became lively and ani later animated L W led off the ha 1 by presenting petition which read as fol follow lowa to county court to change roadway whereas the pioneer electric power company is about to build a dam in ogden canyon near wheelers canyon which dam is for the purpose of stor storing irig i water bath both for irrigation and power purpose and where raff the dam and reer reservoir voir will trill coat cast about and whereas said company com pany has already expended over in constructing canals and pipe lines in weber county during the last twelve months and whereas it is necessary to change the roadway in ogden canyon in order that eald said dam can be built and whereas most bloat all of said 32 will be expended among the working men and business men ol 01 weber county now we iho the and tra payers of weber coun i ty respectfully petition the county court to change the roadway in canyon so 60 xi ai not t hinder or delay said 11 cono com k pany in the conet construction ruction of its eald said i dam signed t bear river A irrigation ogden water works company by IV 11 rowe dent lent N 0 flygare john k sons co win vm drier driver E stratford raiford Et sons co W F adams cannons book awre L W shurtliff W V W Cro creesman Cr esman jos A west T J stevena stevens jno no watson G 11 II islaub F W Cl chambers L R J II 11 thomas J 11 II T last list 0 P jenni Jeu nines ns jos clark burt bart bros J N kimball E if 51 allison All lson A B hayes sidney stevens john D carnahan Cir browning bro broil C A henry 11 P Il thomas D dee james Pin pingree Pinn Rree ree J H 11 abbott W if wright A sons co A kuhn fc bro joa joe parry A 11 II brower er J 0 G read it bro byle furniture co miles strevell U ilmer I 1 in er A P bigelo e J 11 spargo pargo reese reeze howell and son J st graham W i Sn ealey G 11 II corse W P hart nelson fell II 11 U 11 S 11 chevere Oh evere J IV R T alume 0 11 II Woodman eee thomas bro T A whalen C 31 brouch Brous tb james taylor and about fitly fifty others mr shurtliff elaborated upon the tha mammoth proportions proportion ti of the pioneer electric power enterprise and stated i that the benefits would be eo so many and slid eo so apparent that the email small amount il necessary for the construction of 0 the new road would not be felt in the least by bv the geo Q cannon followed with a statement that the company was not nt king the county to contribute anything any thine to the company the company had asked no bonus or bounty it bad had started a gigantic enterprise and expended already and now all they alced the county to dobas da was to advance the money that the company donld pay in taxes in the next few years and with it build the new road he ile spoke ol 01 alie envy which salt lake felt for ogden because the power plant wae was located in this city and said aid that certain wealthy gentlemen of the capital city were eager that the power should be transmitted to salt like he ile closed by intimating that it weber county showed a hostile feeling towards the power company the company would be compelled to protect itself by transmitting the power to a city that was friendly joseph bidwell and W G cragun spoke against granting the petition they urged the bankrupt condition of the county treasury and eald aid that the people were already overburdened with taxes another reason wae was that the company vaa as fellable well wel able lable to build the road and the county was wae not and it was an imposition to ask the people to contribute to the power company mr bidwell remarked that the agai agricultural clams either paid the taxes or mado made it possible for the middle men merchants luer chante etc to pay their taxes sir G Q cannon said that wae was begging the question and added that he was surprised to find men in weber county opposed to the petition bidwell replied that he be was not opposed to the petition but did not believe in railroading the matter through without giving the people a chance to be heard on the matter lie ile then asked the court to postpone action for a week in order to get an expression from the taxpayers mr fr cannon wae was opposed to delay lie eaid said the gentlemen who wanted delay desired tile the defeat of the petition and that although their words indicated they were not opposed to it the tenor of their remarks showed that they were opposed mr cannon said the ithe time was short and the company wag was desirous of beginning work on the dam darn and he wanted the matter matier decided at this point mr cragun poke against the petition and joined with bidwell in asking that action be postponed for ono one week 11 11 II henderson spoke in favor of the petition lie he said he was a heavy taxpayer and represented foreign investments to the extent of in this county and speaking tor for himself and then he lie favored the petition the peoples be eold sold for torta taxes xee unless thy this rower enterprise proved successful and no one should put a straw in the way of truc cess he ile CA calad ned attention to the fact that the company had asked no bonus it is merely asking the people change toch to the road so the company can construct the dam in a few years the company will pay much more than the cost of the road in taxes besides the enterprise when completed will increase the value of taxable property from three to five millions rhe company is laying the foundation for the manufacturing center of the west it 11 we lend a band hand we are but ar slating to make ourselves prosperous roua I 1 have no bias in tho matter I 1 am opposed to abe power company in several law suits suite but lut in the interest of the people of weber county I 1 favor the petition james mcfarland and J J oleon olson spoke at length in favor of the petition county attorney weber pave gave his lite opinion as an lu that the petition should granted vm vim bailey of north ogden said lie came to oppose the petition but le had been converted and was in favor of it at this point bidwell said that he tie and cragun were the only men who had bad the courage of their conviction tuat the other who came to oppose the position lon wilted when they who it waa was they were ap opposing posing it wae was generally understood the remark bad re refer ferince nee to geo G eo Q cannon but that gant gentleman leman made lao sign to indicate be he was the man who kept the others in awe frank J cannon explained the statue status of tho the power company and aid said that the successful Ss operation of the plant would shift the burden 0 of taxation from the farmers and place the proper shara on the tho shoulders of the diddia men the 1 being that by favoring the petition the farmers farmerr were unconsciously ameliorating their condition newton farr favored giving the people a chance to pass upon the petit lin before the commissioners should take action geo Q cannon repeated a former statement that the proposed delay was wall not for the purpose of submitting the matter bo honestly neatly to the people but for the purpose of defeating the petit petition on mr sir farr Farra arose roseto to reply when sir cannou said be he was rot speaking pere personally orally lly and farr subsided cannon continued say ing it was but justice and right that the county should build tho the now new road and added was wag unfair and eba by treatment of the company for gentlemen to ask delay might defeat the petition he ile urged us as a reabon tor for immediate acolon act on that the company was paying heavy interest and it waa was important that the work bo be finished as soon 0 o L W shurtliff followed in n the same vein wro win geddes of plain city fadore I 1 Cra gune gund plan of delay and when ho finished mr sir wade asked if there were any of those va bo he desired to be heard on the question there were no volunteers and eo so the tile commissioners prepared to take action wilson moved that the petition be granted and that the county attorney draw up a contract providing that the county build the load but that the power company supply nil all bridge bridges etc and procure the right of way chairman wade put the motion and all the commissioners ana answered vered aye ye 99 the petition was granted president cannon thanked thanked the court for tb the e a action c ti ot I 1 taken and added that it was the tle first time lie bad had ever upp appeared eared as a supplicant tor for a business buei nees tavor lavor and that the occasion bad had been a li umilia a tion tiou to him in passing ont lie he nodded a good afternoon to bidwell and 0 cre gun r f when the decision 0 of the corn mitan an waa was announced W G cragun rave gave notice of a protest and a few mitru tea later ha he fill filed al the tle following to the the lion ifon county commission ere era of 0 weber county gentlemen we the residents te t erlof of weber coun county tydo do hereby protest against and object to the county court of weber county poying any of the county money to thild the road to huntsville and ana eden that will have to be built when the electric power theia dam in ogden canyon signed W G CRAGUN Joy ElII DANIAL HAMER willard CRAGAN 11 II BARKER jonn JOHN 19 MAYCOCK FT F T |